Orycteropus afer, LANGEBAANWEG

Lehmann, Thomas, 2009, Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (3), pp. 649-702 : 684

SPECIES ORYCTEROPUS CF. AFER LANGEBAANWEG

Material: Two hemimandibles (SAM-PQL-050197; SAM-PQL-050461); isolated teeth (SAM-PQL-012027; SAM-PQL-050199; SAM-PQL-058087; SAM-PQL- 058088; SAM-PQL-058089; SAM-PQL-058090; SAM- PQL-058091; SAM-PQL-058092; SAM-PQL-058093); a fragment of humerus (SAM-PQL-033454); a right ulna (SAM-PQL-048627); a right coxal bone (SAM- PQL-047909); two left tali (SAM-PQL-50117; SAM- PQM-69579); a right calcaneum (SAM-PQL-51072); a left cuboid (SAM-PQL-052989); and isolated metapodes and phalanges (SAM-PQL-000908; SAM-PQL- 030068; SAM-PQL-030477; SAM-PQL-031702; SAM- PQL-041459; SAM-PQL-048510; SAM-PQL-050196; SAM-PQL-050198; SAM-PQL-050273; SAM-PQL- 052098; SAM-PQL-053083; SAM-PQL-053083B; SAM-PQL-058073; SAM-PQL-058074; SAM-PQL- 058075; SAM-PQL-058076; SAM-PQL-058077; SAM- PQL-058078; SAM-PQL-058079; SAM-PQL-058080; SAM-PQL-058081; SAM-PQL-058082; SAM-PQL- 058083; SAM-PQL-058084; SAM-PQL-058085; SAM- PQL-058086; SAM-PQL-063467; SAM-PQL-063814), housed at the IZIKO, South African Museum, Cape Town ( South Africa). This material has been discussed and described by Hendey (1973), Pickford (2005), and Lehmann (2006b).

Locality and age: Langebaanweg ( South Africa), dated to around 5 Mya, and Baard’s Quarry ( South Africa) dated around 1.8 Mya.

Discussion: See section ‘S pecies excluded from the cladistic analysis ’ for more details.